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Peter Orszag, director of the Office of Management and Budget, and Nancy-Ann DeParle, director of the White House Office of Health Reform will hold a media conference call today to discuss cost-containment and delivery system reform measures in health insurance reform legislation being considered in Congress.

Physicians in Maine are piloting electronic visits with their patients as part of a program developed between Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems (EMHS) and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Maine.

Meta Health Technology has been awarded a 36-month contract by Premier Purchasing Partners, LP, to provide Premier's more than 2,200 member hospitals and 63,0000 additional healthcare sites with access to pre-negotiated pricing and terms for Meta's patient chart abstracting and electronic physician query software.

Two new polls show that American support is holding steady and growing on the idea of health reform.

With 100,000 nursing positions currently unfilled and the shortage expected to climb to 340,000 nurses by 2020, healthcare systems need a strategy to reduce nurse turnover.

More than 300 RNs at Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park, Kan., have voted to align with Nurses United, the local arm of National Nurses Organizing Committee/California Nurses Association.

Eight-seven percent of cardiologists say the new 2010 CMS Physician Fee Schedule could force them to stop accepting Medicare patients, reduce staff or shut down their practice completely, according to a new survey.

Ohio hospitals are planning more cuts in staff, services and vital renovation projects, according to a statewide survey.

Iowa is the first state to receive federal matching funds for its plans to use Medicaid incentive payments for meaningful use of electronic health records.

The Kaiser Family Foundation has released two related issue briefs that document coverage of family planning services and perinatal services in state Medicaid programs.